In this Art Dirt podcast, Brandon Zech and Christina Rees talk about censorship, the pitfalls of didactic messaging, and what not to do when making political art.
"Donald Trump"
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Existence is confusing and painful and people like to try out a lot of things to bear it. Extreme times can lead to some fascinating art!
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Today: Centers
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"How was I to know / She was with the Russians too?"
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Drive By
‘Different Skin’ at Presa House: A Tribute to Carlos G. Gómez
by Neil Fauersoby Neil FauersoPresa House in San Antonio exhibited the works of three Brownsville artists who studied with Carlos G. Gómez, as a tribute to his memory.
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During Souza's tenure as President Obama’s photographer, he was conscious of and his work reflected the digitization of the practice of photography.
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U.S. President Donald Trump is now deciding on whether to implement an additional $200 billion dollars of tariffs on Chinese products. As of now, the U.S. has imposed tariffs on…
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From the museum: “in·dif·fer·ence underscores the notion that the indifference of good men and women is inaction, and that inaction in the face of injustice breeds further injustice. The installation…
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From the museum: “in·dif·fer·ence underscores the notion that the indifference of good men and women is inaction, and that inaction in the face of injustice breeds further injustice. The installation…
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In his work, Arnall tries to come to terms with the long history of American traditions of erasure and violence, through links to his own family.
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Today, Hank Willis Thomas and Eric Gottesman’s artist-run initiative For Freedoms announced the launch of The 50 State Initiative, a project that will run from September to December of 2018. Initially…
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Obsessed with the ineffable frisson of live performances, the group Object Collection combed through recordings of more than 1000 hours of Fugazi performances, effectively keystroking through the songs to find moments of shock and surprise.
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The show carries on the lineage of Menchaca’s ancestors; with his wit, imagination, and intimacy with San Antonio, he's making a new "map" that despite its playful surrealism makes perfect sense.
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New York’s Creative Time has a project called “Pledges of Allegiance,” a serialized commission of sixteen flags, which was launched on Flag Day (June 14). Every month, a new flag…
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Embedded in Horn's glitter-covered Barbie heads and fake dog poop are profound critiques of power structures, complacency, the history of art, and high and low culture.
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This trash alert should begin with the fact that this story comes from Fox News. Also, the lawyer had a Sherman tank on his front lawn for a while, had…
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Earlier this week, the US government’s Federal Communications Commission (FCC) voted to repeal net neutrality. Passed in 2015 under the Obama administration, the net neutrality regulation allowed stronger government oversight…
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A century after Duchamp, I think the art world has lost its sense of what art is, and more importantly, what art can and cannot do.
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Review
Lili Reynaud-Dewar, Martha Wilson, and Heyd Fontenot at Artpace
by Neil Fauersoby Neil FauersoTaken together, the three solo shows are concerned with performance. You may never stop acting, but sometimes you can see the stage.
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Americans for the Arts is sending out alerts that the tax reform bill on which Congress has been working will be a disaster for non-profits, including museums and most…